Mr. Alessi wanted to be global and eclectic, choosing architects from 10 countries.
There were shorter, more individualistic studies of British architects from longer ago.
Three young unknown architects from a Norwegian firm, Snohetta, won the competition to design the building.
Writers, performers, musicians, film-makers, painters, sculptors, and architects from outside Europe have enriched our national life beyond measure.
Quotations chosen by the architects, from Octavio Paz, Carlos Fuentes and others, appear in the corners, cut out like stencils.
Erdoğan recently passed a midnight ruling to remove the Chamber of Engineers and Architects from all city-planning decisions.
Architects from all over the world come to see the truly stunning Salk Institute (001 858 453 4100; salk.edu).edu
To create an international identity, it is not necessary to assemble teams of architects from different cities.
But the UK is also recruiting carpenters, joiners, plasterers and general labourers along with architects from the EU.
Mr. Kaufman now has 35 employees, including architects from Russia, Argentina, Colombia, Lebanon, Turkey, Nigeria, Algeria, Albania and Sri Lanka.
Here, four leading radical architects from around the globe marry far-out ideas with focused social commentary.
